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Coon & Plowman

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093939
MRDS ID A010372
Record type Site
Current site name Coon & Plowman
Related records 10258326

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.55929, 60.90175 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seward NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic unit)

Kenai Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH SILVER ASSAYS REPORTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.55929, 60.90175
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hope District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT IS NOW CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE IS AT LEAST 7 FEET WIDE AND CONTAINS QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 1 FOOT WIDE WHICH CARRY SULFIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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